For My Grandsons, Eddy And Ally. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABAABBBBCDDDCEEFGGF HIIJKKJKKLKKLMNOPPQF FRBBRSTUBBBFFFFBVVJW WJ J| I here engage | A |
| Upon this page | A |
| A picture to portray | B |
| Of two of an age | A |
| Yet neither a sage | A |
| But right honest hearts have they | B |
| Each loves to play | B |
| And have his own way | B |
| Yet I'm happy to say | B |
| They quarrel if ever but seldom | C |
| Though competent quite | D |
| To maintain their own right | D |
| And even to fight | D |
| Yet peace to their bosom is welcome | C |
| Both go to school | E |
| And learn by rule | E |
| That in neither a dunce we may find | F |
| Both read and spell | G |
| And like it well | G |
| Thus with pleasure is profit combined | F |
| One's eyes are black | H |
| The other's blue | I |
| They both have honest hearts and true | I |
| And love each other dearly | J |
| One's father is brother | K |
| To the other one's mother | K |
| So cousins german are they most clearly | J |
| Each has a father | K |
| And each has a mother | K |
| And both do dearly love him | L |
| But neither a sister | K |
| And neither a brother | K |
| To play with or to plague him | L |
| And here I propose | M |
| Ere I come to a close | N |
| A little advice to give | O |
| To which if they heed | P |
| They'll be better indeed | P |
| And happier as long as they live | Q |
| Be sure to mind | F |
| Your parents kind | F |
| And do nothing to vex or tease them | R |
| But through each day | B |
| Heed what they say | B |
| And strive to obey and please them | R |
| Take not in vain | S |
| God's holy name | T |
| Do not work | U |
| Do not play | B |
| On God's holy day | B |
| Nor from church stay away | B |
| Always bear it in mind | F |
| To be gentle and kind | F |
| And friends you will find | F |
| And hearts to you bind | F |
| I am sure I may venture to say | B |
| And when you're men | V |
| Who sees you then | V |
| I hope in you models will see | J |
| Of good and great | W |
| In Church and State | W |
| Whose lips with your lives agree | J |
| - | |
| Weston Feb | J |
Mary Ann H. T. Bigelow
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